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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Before Air

The radio studio on the ninth floor, ten minutes before the programme: welcome, don't be nervous, I'm not nervous, I'm terrified, on air we say we, how do I introduce myself, name, profession and one sentence people remember, Sam Cooper, piano tuner, I fix what you've broken, speak to me, not to the microphone, three, two, we're on air.

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THE STORY

The radio studio on the ninth floor of a tower on the Garden Ring, November, ten minutes before the evening music programme. Marina, the presenter, and Sam say the polite you to each other, on air and off.

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Добро пожаловать. Не волнуйтесь.da-BRO pa-ZHA-la-vat. nye val-NOOY-tyes.Welcome. Don't be nervous.
Я не волнуюсь. Я в ужасе.ya nye val-NOO-yus. ya v OO-zha-sye.I'm not nervous. I'm terrified.
В эфире мы говорим «мы». Сегодня у нас рояли.v e-FEE-rye my ga-va-REEM MY. si-VOD-nya u NAS ra-YA-li.On air we say we. Today we have pianos.
А как мне представиться?a KAK mnye pred-STA-vit-sa?And how do I introduce myself?
Имя, профессия и фраза, которую запомнят.EE-mya, pra-FYES-si-ya i FRA-za, ka-TO-ru-yu za-POM-nyat.Name, profession and a sentence people will remember.
Сэм Купер, настройщик: чиню то, что вы сломали.SEM KOO-per, na-STROY-shchik: chi-NYU TO, shto vy sla-MA-li.Sam Cooper, tuner: I fix what you've broken.
Говорите со мной, не с микрофоном.ga-va-REE-tye sa MNOY, nye s mi-kra-FO-nam.Speak to me, not to the microphone.
Три, два... Мы в эфире.TREE, DVA... my v e-FEE-rye.Three, two... We're on air.